Today's readings are 2 Kings 2.19-25 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=2+Kings+2.19-25 ), 2 Kings 4.1-7 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=2+Kings+4.1-7 ), and Ephesians 4.25-5.14 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eph.+4.25-5.14 ).
Ephesians 5.14b (ESV) says
"Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."
Lord, we see that you have provided for your people. You are the great God who guards your servants. You answer the prayers of your servants. You provide food for the hungry. You provide comfort for those whose families are in turmoil. You bring your adopted people into your kingdom and provide them with brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, and innumerable children, a great cloud of fellow-believers with whom to walk in fellowship and encouragement. You raise up leaders to guide believers in your paths. You have made your people to write faithful testimony of how you reconciled the world to yourself by giving your own son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, to die in the place of people dead in their trespasses and sins. You have brought us to life, awakened us when it was impossible for us to awaken ourselves. You have raised us and are shining your light on us.
May we reflect your light. May we enjoy the warmth, nourishment and comfort that you give. May we see clearly in the light you have given us, that our paths may be pleasing in your sight.
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